The "Yankee Duo" is conducted as two separate regattas on the same weekend on Pleasant Bay in Chatham, Mass (Cape Cod).  The seventeenth sailing of the Yankee Duo Regatta was held on the weekend of September 26-27, 1997 on Pleasant Bay in Chatham, Mass (Cape Cod).

On Saturday, the Chowder Cup Regatta is hosted by the Sherborn, Mass. Yacht Club, and on Sunday, the Just Desserts Regatta is hosted by the Cochituate, Mass. Yacht Club, both clubs being located 100 miles away from the regatta site.  Separate records are kept for each day's racing and trophies awarded to each day's leaders. Saturday evening we meet for dinner and companionship at the Lobster Claw Restaurant in Orleans.

Saturday, the Chowder Cup racing was conducted with winds in the 8-10 knot range. Drew Staniar, Lee Parks and Drew Buttner were sparring with each other and finishing with Drew Staniar one point ahead of Lee and Drew Buttner. Lee beat Drew B. on the tiebreaker. A delicious lunch was served on the beach, featuring hot clam chowder and build it yourself sandwiches. In the spirit of the regatta name, ceramic chowder bowls were awarded to the top five finishers. Joe Sullivan was awarded the "Aged and Treacherous" bowl for best finish of sailors admitting to the age of 60 or beyond.

On Sunday, the Just Desserts racing started with the winds at a much higher level-about 12 knots and building to 20+. Of 21 boats registered, only 11 completed all five races. Drew Buttner won with 5 points to Bill Brangiforte's 8, between them their worst finish was a 3rd. Lunch again featured hot chowder and sandwiches topped off with delicious desserts appropriate to the regatta name (Just Desserts). Trophies awarded to the top five skippers consisted of sailing merchandise, the next five received caps. Gerhard Menzel was awarded the "Aged and Treacherous" prize and Toby Shaughnessy was awarded a prize for finishing all the races.

A special thanks goes to Truman Hensen, John Dickson and other local boaters who supplied and manned the committee and crash boats, and supplied racing marks. Many thanks also to Sally Demler for organizing the entire affair again.

A good time was had by all and we hope to see a good turnout again next year.

CHOWDER CUP RESULTS-SEPTEMBER 26, 1998
CHATHAM, MA            22 BOATS
                                              Total
 1 Drew Staniar          3   1   5   1  17     10
   Brewster, MA
 2 Lee Parks             1   2   1   7  14     11
   Newport, RI
 3 Drew Buttner          4   3   2   9   2     11
   Plymouth, MA
 4 Bill Brangiforte      2  13   4   5   9     20
   Weymouth, MA
 5 Joe Sullivan          6   8  16   3   4     21
   New York, NY
 6 John Dickson         11   4   9   4   6     23
   Orleans, MA
 7 Darin Keech          15   5  11   8   1     25
   Quaker Hill, CT
 8 Larry Cochran        16  11   3  10   3     27
   Manchester, CT
 9 Pete Beckwith         9   6   7  12  13     34
   Wayland, MA
10 Tracy Taylor         13  12  14   2   7     34
   Barnstable, MA
11 Joan McVickar         8   7  15  21   5     35
   Wayland, MA
12 Marty Rich           12  18  10   6  10     38
   S. Orleans, MA
13 Roger Demler          5  15   8  16  11     39
   Sherborn, MA
14 Doug Ambos            7  14  13  11  12     43
   Sherborn, MA
15 Bob Buttner          14   9  17  19   8     48
   Plymouth, MA
16 Gerhart Menzel       10  10  12  14  16     46
   Simsbury, CT
17 Peter Barnes         17  21   6  18  15     56
   Wellesley, MA
18 Jamie Scarbrough     22  17  18  13  19     67
   Harwichport, MA
19 Ed Koman             20  16  22  15  20     71
   Sherborn, MA
20 Jim Canty            18  19  19  17  18     72
   Marion, MA
21 Tommy Leach          21  20  20  20  22     81
   Harwich, MA
22 Jason Bouras         19  22  21  22  21     83
   Sherborn, MA




JUST DESSERTS RESULTS-SEPTEMBER 27, 1998
CHATHAM, MA            21 BOATS
 1 Drew Buttner          1   1   2   1   2      5
   Plymouth, MA
 2 Bill Brangiforte      2  DNS  1   2   3      8
   Weymouth, MA
 3 John Dickson          3   2   3   3   1      9
   Orleans, MA
 4 Marty Rich            5   6   4   4   4     17
   S. Orleans, MA
 5 Doug Ambos            4   3   6   5   6     18
   Sherborn, MA
 6 Gerhart Menzel        7   5   9   6   8     26
   Simsbury, CT
 7 Peter Barnes          9   7   7   9   5     28
   Wellesley, MA
 8 Tracy Taylor         13   8   8   7   9     32
   Barnstable, MA
 9 Roger Demler         10  11  DNF  8   7     36
   Sherborn, MA
10 Bob Buttner           6   4   5  DNF DNS    37
   Plymouth, MA
11 Darin Keech          16  10  10  11  10     41
   Quaker Hill, CT
12 Toby Shaughnessy     14  12  13  10  11     46
   Sherborn, MA
13 Sean O'Laughlin      12  14  12  DNF DNS    60
   Harwich, MA
14 Larry Cochran         8   9  DNS DNS DNS    61
   Manchester, CT
15 Joan McVickar        18  13  11  DNF DNS    64
   Wayland, MA
16 Josh Mongeau         20  15  14  DNF DNS    71
   Harwich, MA
17 Joe Sullivan         11  DNS DNS DNS DNS    77
   New York, NY
18 Mike O'Laughlin      17  16  DNS DNS DNS    77
   Harwich, MA
19 Ed Koman             19  17  DNS DNS DNS    80
   Sherborn, MA
20 Pete Beckwith        15  DNS DNS DNS DNS    81
   Wayland, MA
21 Jim Canty            DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS    88
   Marion, MA